Charles Klahm
Associate Professor
Policing scholar
313-577-0302
Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice
Wayne State University
656 Walter Reuther Mall
Room 3253 FAB
Detroit, MI 48202
Department
Criminology & Criminal Justice
Charles Klahm
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
Police decision-making
Police use of force
Media and crime
Police hiring and selection processes
Community perceptions of police
Education
- Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, Criminal Justice, June 2009
- B.S., Northern Kentucky University, Sociology, December 2001
Selected publications
Klahm, Charles, Benjamin Steiner, and Benjamin Meade. (2017). Assessing the Relationship Between Police Use of Force and Inmate Offending (rule violations). Crime & Delinquency, 63(3), 267-295.
Wu, Yuning, Charles Klahm, and Nada Atoui. (in press). Fear of Crime among Arab Americans in a Culture of Fear. Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Klahm, Charles and Rob Tillyer. (2015). Rethinking the measurement of officer experience and its role in traffic stop searches. Police Quarterly, 18(4), 343-367.
Donovan, Kathleen and Charles Klahm (2015). The Role of Entertainment Media in Perceptions of Police Use of Force. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 42(12), 1261-1281.